Issue #115 January/February, 2009

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DEPARTMENTS

6  Editor’s Note 7  Editorial:       From gun control to socialism, it begins with the Fairness Doctrine 93  Ask Jackie:       Food grade plastic, using green acorns, salt rising bread, using kerosene stoves, storing dried food, green pumpkin pie, etc. 63  Ayoob on Firearms:       Gun collecting: Hobby or investment plan? 100  The last word:       The meltdown and the bailout: why, how, and what they mean 46  Book Review: The New Solar Electric Home 68  Book Review: The Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry 76  Irreverent joke page 97  Letters 104  Classified ads (pdf) 104  Classified advertising form 107   Advertiser Index 108-110   BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 111-112  Order form/Subscription Info For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER      This issue’s cover is our version of the classic anonymous painting, World’s End. Longtime BHM artist Don Childers painted it with watercolors. There are many versions of this painting in circulation, some with rowboats off the bow near the falls as sailors try to escape the impending doom waiting for the ship. The type of ship varies from painting to painting. Don pared everything down to the basics to get the stark reality across that America faces real danger.

FEATURES

Self-reliance 17  Putting game meat on the table   By Linda Gabris 48  The wisdom of my parents   By Kentin F. Waits 71  Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years   By Charles Wood 74  Breastfeeding: babies love it, and for good reason   By Rebekah L. Cowell 77  Don’t get stranded in winter   By Len Torney Energy 44  Solar and wind energy credits   By Jeffrey R. Yago Building 26  Build your own home in two years   By David Lee Food and recipes 8  Eating well on a lean budget   By Dorothy Ainsworth 50  Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice   By Richard Blunt 69  Three books, three Greek recipes   By Ilene Duffy Farm and garden 88  Caring for livestock in winter   By Charles Sanders Country living 86  13 simple (and cheap) pleasures   By Claire Wolfe History/Americana 33  The Great Depression: a reminiscence   By Alice Brantley Yeager and James Otto Yeager 38  Survival strategies people used in the last economic depression   By John Silveira